with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, doth, therefore, hereby order, require, prohibit, and command, that no Person or Persons whatsoever, (except the Master-General of the Ordnance for His Majesty's Service) do, at any time during the space of 6 months (to commence from the 30th of this instant May), presume to transport any gunpowder or salt-petre, or any sort of arms or ammunition, to any Port or Place on the Coast of Africa, or in the West Indies, or on any part of the Continent of America (except to a Port or Place, or Ports or Places in His Majesty's Territories or Possessions on the Continent of North America, or in the Territories of the United States of America,) or ship or lade any gunpowder or salt-petre, or any sort of arms or ammunition, on board any Ship or Vessel, in order to transporting the same into any such Ports or Places on the Coast of Africa, or in the West Indies, or on the Continent of America (except as above excepted), without leave or permission in that behalf first obtained from His Majesty, or His Privy Council, upon pain of incurring and suffering the respective forfeitures and penalties inflicted by an Act, passed in the 29th year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to empower His Majesty to prohibit the exportation of salt-petre, and to enforce the Law for empowering His Majesty to prohibit the exportation of gunpowder, or any sort of arms or ammunition, and also to empower His Majesty to restrain the carrying coastwise of saltpetre, gunpowder, or any sort of arms or ammunition;" and also by an Act, passed in the 33rd year of His Majesty's Reign, Cap. 2, intituled "An Act to enable His Majesty to restrain the exportation of naval stores, and more effectually to prevent the exportation of salt-petre, arms, and ammunition, when prohibited by Proclamation or Order in Council." And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the Master-General and the rest of the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, and His Majesty's Secretary at War, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. JAS. BULLER. MESSAGE from the President of The United States to Congress, transmitting Correspondence, 1803-1818, relative to the Relations between The United States and Spain. -14th March, 1818. Message of the President. Washington, 14th March, 1818. In compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 16th of December, and of the House of Representatives of the 24th of February last, I lay before Congress a Report of the Secretary of State, and the Papers referred to in it, respecting the Negotiation with the Govern. ment of Spain. To explain fully the nature of the differences between The United States and Spain, and the conduct of the parties, it has been found necessary to go back to an early epoch. The recent Correspondence, with the Documents accompanying it, will give a full view of the whole subject, and place the conduct of The United States, in every stage, and under every circumstance, for justice, moderation, and a firm adherence to their rights, on the high and honorable ground which it has invariably sustained. The Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES MONROE. The Secretary of State to the President. Department of State, Washington, 14th March, 1818. THE Secretary of State, to whom have been referred the Resolutions of the Senate of the 16th of December, and of the House of Representatives of 24th February last, has the honor of submitting to the President, the Correspondence between this Department and the Spanish Minister residing here, since he received the last Instructions of his Government to renew the Negotiation, which at the time of the last communication to Congress was suspended by the insufficiency of his powers: these Documents will show the present state of the Relations between the 2 Governments. As in the remonstrance by Mr. de Onis, of the 6th of December, against the occupation by The United States of Amelia Island, he refers to a previous Communication from him denouncing the Expedition of Sir Gregor M'Gregor against that Place, his Note of 9th July, being the Paper thus referred to, is added to the Papers now transmitted. Its date, when compared with that of the occupation of Amelia by McGregor, will show that it was written 10 days after that event; and the contents of his Note of 6th December, will shew that measures had been taken by the competent Authorities of The United States to arrest M'Gregor, as soon as the unlawfulness of his proceedings within our jurisdiction had been made known to them by legal evidence, although he was beyond the reach of the process before it could be served upon his person. The tardiness of Mr. Onis's remonstrance is of itself a decisive vindication of the Magistrates of The United States against any imputation of neglect to enforce the Laws; for if the Spanish Minister himself had no evidence of the project of M'Gregor, sufficient to warrant him in addressing a Note upon the subject to this Department, until 10 days after it had been accomplished, it cannot be supposed that Officers whose authority to act, commenced only at the moment of the actual violation of the Laws, and who could be justified only by clear and explicit evidence of the facts, in proof of such violation, should have been apprized of the necessity of their interposition in time to make it effectual, before the Person accused had departed from this Country. As in the recent discussions between Mr. Onis and this Department, there is frequent reference to those of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, in 1805; the Correspondence between the Extraordinary Mission of The United States at that period, and Don Pedro Cevallos, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain, will be also submitted as soon as may be, to be laid before Congress, together with the Correspondence between Don Francisco Pizarro and Mr. Erving, immediately preceding the transmission of new Instructions to Mr. Onis, and other Correspondence of Mr. Onis, with this Department, tending to complete the view of the Relations between the 2 Countries. The Hon. James Monroe. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Page (A.)-CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE FRENCH AND SPANISH MINISTERS, AT PARIS, AND AT ARANJUEZ.......1803-1805, 230 (B.)-CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AMERICAN MINISTER AT MADRID......... ...July, 1817, to March, 1818. 340 (C.)-CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SPANISH MINISTER AT WASHINGTON.............January, 1917, to March, 1818. 364 LIST OF PAPERS. (A.) Correspondence respecting the Relations between The United States No. and Spain.-1803, 1805. 1. Messrs. Monroe and Livingston to M. Marbois .. Paris 2. M. Marbois to Messrs. Livingston and Monroe Paris, 3. Mr. Monroe to M. Talleyrand 5. M. Talleyrand to Mr. Livingston 6. M. Talleyrand to Mr. Monroe .. May. 231 . 4th May. 232 Paris, 8th November. 232 Paris, 17th November. 237 7. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Enclosure.-American Project of Convention between The United States and Spain... 8. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. 246 Aranjuez, 31st January. 250 9. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez, 5th February. 251 10. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,.... 10th Feb. 255 11. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,... 12th Feb. 260 12. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,... 16th Feb. 261 No. 13. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. 1805. Page Aranjuez,... 18th Feb. 265 14. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,... 24th Feb. 266 15. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,.... 26th Feb. 271 16. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,... 26th Feb. 271 17. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,... 28th Feb. 281 18. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,.. 4th March. 285 19. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,.. 8th March. 293 20. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez, 14th March. 302 21. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez, 16th March. 307 22. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez, 30th March. 308 23. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez, 31st March. 309 24. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,... 9th April. 309 25. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,... 9th April. 313 26. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez, 12th April. 314 27. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez, 13th April. 315 28. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez, 20th April. 322 29. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Enclosure.-American Propositions 30. Mr. Monroe to the Prince of Peace...... Aranjuez,.. 12th May. 332 333 . Aranjuez,.. 14th May. 334 31. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,.. 15th May. 337 32. Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe to Don Pedro Cevallos. Aranjuez,.. 18th May. 339 33. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,.. 20th May. 339 34. Don Pedro Cevallos to Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe. Aranjuez,.. 22nd May. 339 35. Address of Mr. Monroe to the King of Spain...... Aranjuez,.. 22nd May. 340 SIR, No. 1.-Messrs. Monroe and Livingston to M. Marbois. Paris,-May, 1803. THE Undersigned, Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, deeming the interposition of the First Consul and his friendly offices with Spain, important in the Negotiations which The United States propose to set on foot with His Catholic Majesty, for so much of his Territory as lay to the East of the ceded Territory, and border upon The United States; they have consented to the erasing the Article they had proposed to this effect in the Treaty, with some reluctance; but they trust that the First Consul, influenced by his friendship for The United States, will have no difficulty in assuring them of his aid, whenever such Negotiation shall be commence. It would be highly satisfactory to the Undersigned to be enabled to transmit the same to their Government together with the Treaty. The Undersigned, &c. M. Marbois. JAMES MONROE. ROBERT LIVINGSTON. Note.-The date omitted in the Copy transmitted by Messrs. Livingston and Monroe, but presumed to be immediately after that of the signature of the Treaty. (30th April, 1803.) No. 2.-M. Marbois to Messrs. Livingston and Monroe.-(Translation.) GENTLEMEN, 14th Floreal, year 11. (4th May, 1803.) I HAVE received the Letter you did me the honor to write to me, to request that the First Consul would employ his good offices with His Catholic Majesty, to promote the success of the Negotiation which you propose to open at Madrid, concerning the Territory of the Spanish Dominion, to the eastward of that which has been ceded to The United States by the French Government. I have transmitted your Letter to the Minister of Foreign Relations, and I have not failed to inform him, that the good offices which you solicit formed the substance of one of the Articles of the Project proposed by you, and which you had agreed to retrench with extreme reluctance. The Minister's Answer to me is, that The United States might promise themselves, from the friendship of the First Consul, his concurrence and support in every thing that would tend to strengthen the bonds of good understanding between 2 Nations in amity with the French Republic. Messrs. Livingston and Monroe. SIR, No 3.-Mr. Monroe to M. Talleyrand. MARBOIS. Paris, 8th November, 1804. BEFORE the conclusion of the late Treaty between The United States and France, your Excellency will recollect that it was an object of the President of The United States, to acquire of Spain, by amicable arrangement, Florida; it being that portion of her Territory which she held Eastward of the Mississippi. It was still his object after the conclusion of that Treaty; not that it was pressed by such imperious considerations as before, but that, as it would contribute to remove all cause of uneasiness and jealousy between the 2 Powers, they might adopt and harmonize in such a system of policy as might secure their |